I’ve been feeling uninformed about how places around the country are celebrating the 250th anniversary. That’s probably because I spent most of 1975 and early 1976 promoting Bicentennial events and sites to tourists in six countries: Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. The plum contract came from the late U.S Travel Service, Department of Commerce. I don’t know how USTS’s successor works, but here’s what I did 50 years ago. USTS was one of my freelance clients when the job offer came. The small office worked with the U.S. travel industry, private and public, to attract visitors … Continue reading →
